Thank you for your interest in the Hitachi Data Systems certification program. You can find all the details and information about Hitachi Data Systems Certification at: www.hds.com/certification. These web pages will give you the information for the available tracks, supporting courseware, exam details and costs. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or need more information at hdscertifications@hds.com

Thank you for your interest in the Hitachi Data Systems certification program. You can find all the details and information about Hitachi Data Systems Certification at: www.hds.com/certification. These web pages will give you the information for the available tracks, supporting courseware, exam details and costs. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or need more information at hdscertifications@hds.com

HH0-130 is the Storage Foundations course and covers both Modular and Enterprise. You need this before you can go down the more advanced routes. It gives you an excellent introduction to the Hitachi range of products.

Please note that the Hitachi Certified Professional (HCP) credential obtained by passing the HH0-130 Foundations exam is a requirement for several advanced certifications, however it is not a prerequisite.

Indeed, it is strongly recommended to start with Foundations, then progress to advanced tracks such as Implementer, Architect, Solutions etc.

It is nonetheless possible to take (and pass) an advanced exam before attempting the Foundations exam. In that scenario, and assuming the advanced credential sought by the candidate does require holding a valid HCP credential, certifications will be awarded only after having passed the HH0-130 exam. In other words, no certification will be given after passing the advanced exam, but then 2 certification credentials (HCP and the advanced one) will be granted after passing the HH0-130 exam.

The HDS Certification program office will send you an electronic copy of the certificate as well as certification marks that you can use with business cards, letterheads etc. This may take a few weeks depending on when the exam was taken.

It is better to handle this separately from this discussion: please send an email to HDSCertifications@hds.com providing the details of your exam (exam number and date passed) and we will take it from there.

As mentioned earlier the HDS Academy offers course THI2264 "Hitachi Data Systems Storage Foundations" to prepare for the HCP credential via the HH0-130 exam. But this is not a "self-study" material, if this is what you mean.